Monument record 7817 - Site of Ashbrook Towers

<1> Church Minshull Parish Council, 2016, Arena, Historic Buildings 12/08/2016 (Web Site). SCH8052.

Ashbrook Towers: Built by Thomas Brooke and demolished after a fire in 1934.

<2> Cheshire Archives & Local Studies, Chester History & Heritage and Cheshire Libraries, Various, Cheshire Image Bank, c05306 (Web Site). SCH8053.

An undated photograph of the south-eastern elevation of the hall.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6562, 1875-1880 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

The first map to depict the hall. This map shows the front entrance, via the drive way, on the south-eastern side and a wide terrace surrounding the south-western third of the house. The terrace has bastion like projections on three of its corners.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6562, 1898 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<5> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 12/08/2016 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

The house is not depicted on the 1838 tithe map for the township (5), but is depicted on the 1875-1880 first edition Ordnance Survey map (3). This map shows the front entrance, via the drive way, on the south-eastern side and a wide terrace surrounding the south-western third of the house. The terrace has bastion like projections on three of its corners. The surrounding parkland seems undeveloped when compared to the 1898 map (4). This map also shows a long conservatory on the north-eastern end of the houses south-eastern side. The photograph (2) shows an attractive house built in an Arts and Crafts medieval style.

<6> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 111/2, 1838 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

<7> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ6562, 1909 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

A walled garden with two greenhouses is located to the immediate north-east of the house. Further gardens have been laid out to the south-east.

<8> The GeoInformation Group, 2005, 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review (Aerial Photograph). SCH4608.

Earthworks associated with the hall, terrace and gardens are clearly visible.

<9> Huntings Surveys Ltd, 1971-1973, 1971-1973 County Survey (Aerial Photograph). SCH4881.

Earthworks associated with the hall, terrace and gardens are clearly visible.